This week marks the official start of fall--my favorite season. It's a time when everything starts to change and prepare for the coming winter. This holds true in our classroom, too. When we finished our addition and subtraction indicator test this week in math, we marked an end to material that most students learned and mastered in 3rd grade. Now, we will be starting multiplication. While most students have a basic understanding, we will really begin to focus on this skill, expand what we already know, and prepare to use the knowledge as we move into division. We're also going to look at the properties of multiplication and how it relates to other number operations.
We are about halfway through our first novel study. We've really focused on predicting, clarifying, questioning, and summarizing. Now we are going to begin analyzing characters. We've read enough in each book and have enough information about the characters that this should be a fun learning experience. Also, our first project assignments are going to take place in class. Students are finishing their daily assignments at different paces, so I gave them their choice menu (tic-tac-toe board) for this novel studies projects.
In writing, we are beginning to publish our first piece on our special object. Our next piece is going to be a personal narrative--a story about something important that has happened in our lives.
Also, we have a date for Challenge Ed...Monday, October 12. Please check Take Home folders in early October for more information.
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